Adhaalath Party leader sheikh Imran Abdulla has been transferred back into detention after the state released him to house arrest in September.
While the sheikh had previously been put under house arrest and transferred back to detention a number of times, he was last released on September 21st, the same night his wife gave birth to a son.
The religiously conservative Adhaalath Party, which is now aligned with the opposition, announced that Imran had been taken back to prison in a post on their official Twitter account.
President of Adhaalath Party, @ShimranAb is being taken back to prison to execute the unjust 12 year sentence for speaking against tyranny.
— Adhaalath Party (@AdhaalathOffice) October 21, 2017
Imran had been transferred to house arrest for this year’s Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, before being imprisoned again after it ended.
In an interview with RaajjeMV before his imprisonment earlier, Imran said that officers of the Maldives Correctional Services have exercised excessive force when handling him and resort to inhuman tactics when dealing with other inmates as well.
Imran said that he has been put under solitary confinement numerous times with no substantial reasons and that he is kept handcuffed even during visits from his family and lawyers.
Imran was sentenced to 12 years in prison for partaking in the ‘May Day’ protests that followed the jail sentence against opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed. He was accused of inciting violence against the government and by extension, conspiring to overthrow the state.
